Let’s Go Zero are currently recruiting a new climate action advisor to schools in the East of England area. That’s my team and I can attest to it being a great job. If you’re in the region, come and work with me. Here is the job description, and please spread the word.
Possible have been campaigning on private aviation and tax, and noted a small win in the recent budget. Here’s their article on what’s changed and what remains to be done.
Not something I’ve heard of before, but several Latin American countries have created legal protections for waves. Surf activism is a thing, apparently, and ecologists point out, if you’re protecting the waves you’re likely protecting the ecosystem as a whole.
I’ve been reading Andrew Boyd’s book I Want a Better Catastrophe recently, and while I have further questions, I really like the presentation of his climate flowchart.
Speaking of books, you’re down to the wire if you need anything from Earthbound Books before Christmas. First class post will get it to you if you need a gift, and I’ve even got some suggestions for things your climate friends will like.
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The building blocks of good public transport
If you go down to Luton station at the moment, you’ll find engineers on site fitting lifts to all platforms. It’s a much delayed improvement to our old and shabby station that will finally allow people with disabilities, pushchairs or luggage to get to their trains without struggling down the stairs. With this addition, the…
What we learned this week
What is environmental (in)justice? A primer in graphic novel style featured in Orion Magazine, and extracted from Meera Subramanian and Danica Novgorodoff’s new book A Better World is Possible. More developments in the perennially imminent nuclear fusion, with new commitments in Germany alongside those in the US and elsewhere. If we had to summarise its…
Where are Easyjet’s electric planes?
A few years ago there was an extensive round of consultations around expanding Luton Airport. I went to several of them to cause trouble with the local Extinction Rebellion group, and would attend dressed as an elephant or an air traffic controller. At one of them I created a sit-in of soft toys with my…
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